This week The Brandery received some nice news coverage courtesy of local ABC affiliate WCPO.   The coverage came in parallel to a press conference by former Sequoia Capital VC Mark Kvamme who recently served as the Director of the Ohio Department of Development.   The coverage revolved around the effort by The Brandery to create high growth jobs through Consumer Internet startups.  

Note: I had meant to post this news a few weeks ago but somehow it ended up stuck in my draft folder. The Brandery is now a member of the TechStars Network, a newly launched White House-sponsored alliance of independently owned and operated startup accelerator programs from dozens of cities across the United States and around the world. The TechStars

On Thanksgiving, Steve Blank wrote a very timely post entitled “When it’s darkest, men see the stars” that talked off the current economic upheaval and the future of American business.   Where many see a time of uncertainty, Blank perfectly captured the potential that he foresees when he wrote: I believe that we will look back at this decade as the beginning

It is hard to believe that only 12 weeks ago, The Brandery was just getting started with our inaugural class of companies.   Fast forward to today and we will be graduating 6 amazing start-ups at our first Demo Day on Thursday, November 18th.   We have a sold-out crowd of 150 venture capitalists, investors and entrepreneurs joining us at the LPK

“One of the easiest things to do to make yourself standout within the digital world is to hit a homerun with the design and experience.  If you invest significantly in this area, then you are going to standout from all the rest.” – Darren Herman Darren is the Chief Digital Media Office at Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners and one